CHRIS NIGHTINGALE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06523979 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-03-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-16
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  13. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-10-31
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    ROWEO LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-05-28
    ➕
    NIGHTINGALE, Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 2008-05-28
    ➖
    Premier Secretaries Limited resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-05-28
    ➕
    ROWEO LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-05-28
    ➖
    PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2008-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CHRIS NIGHTINGALE LIMITED
  23. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    Premier Secretaries Limited appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "NIGHTINGALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Auberon Christopher Nightingale
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Ms Annabel Bolton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/03/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Auberon Christopher Nightingaleceased 01/03/2024· 50-75% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

Bryndu
Trallong
Brecon
LD3 8HN
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

NIGHTINGALE, Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Premier Secretaries Limited→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2008-05-28
Resigned
ROWEO LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-28 · resigned 2009-10-31
Resigned
PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2008-05-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-11